Aviation Safety Inspector (Manufacturing)

Aviation Safety Inspector

The Aviation Safety Inspector (ASI), when assigned as a Principal Inspector (PI), has certificate management responsibility for one or more aerospace organizations. The inspector is involved in the planning and implementation of a full range of manufacturing inspection, type, production, and airworthiness certification programs at one or more aerospace organizations within a Certificate Management Sections (CM), geographic area of responsibility.

Duties at the FG-12 grade level include but are not limited to the following:

• Verifies assigned aerospace organizations comply with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14CFR) with respect to production, original airworthiness, and certification programs. Determines certificate management actions for audits of assigned aerospace organizations within personnel and budget limitations.
• Establishes certificate management actions in terms of kind and areas of audit, location, and frequency that will be most productive to assure adherence to the aerospace organization's quality system and conducts audits in accordance with FAA Orders 8120.22 Production Approval Procedures, 8120.23 Certificate Management of Production Approval Holders, and other established policies.
• Serves as manufacturing expert in the investigation of violations, accidents, incidents, and malfunctions/defects that may be attributable to items manufactured in assigned organizations.

Duties at the FG-11 grade level include but are not limited to the following:

• Assists in the planning and implementation of a full range of manufacturing inspection, continued operational safety, certificate management activities, safety management system activities, and designee and/or delegation oversight, as well as provides input on regulatory development and type and production certification projects.
• Under the guidance of a more experienced ASI, may review proposals for new or revised manufacturing processes and specifications and discuss approval with the principle ASI to determine compliance to applicable FAA policy and guidance.
• With moderate guidance provided by the CM Sections Manager, SASI, or other journeyman ASIs, the ASI determines if quality management systems implemented at aerospace organizations are adequate.

Federal Aviation Administration